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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Signicat to offer Verisec’s Freja eID for customer on-boarding and engagement

Signicat has announced it will now offer Freja electronic ID to enable retail, financial, and other organizations to use it…

 

Vendor lock-in hindering African identity projects

Every year ID4Africa conducts an extensive survey of professionals at African identity authorities about topics such as their priorities and…

 

Facial recognition: separating the hype from the reality with SensibleVision CEO George Brostoff

SensibleVision CEO George Brostoff takes something of an unusual perspective on the maturation of facial recognition technology and the biometrics…

 

Pindrop study shows enterprises plan to adopt voice technology despite security concerns

The number of businesses using voice technology to interact with customers is set to leap from 28 percent currently to…

 

ID R&D launches improved voice authentication product, joins Samsung Platform

ID R&D has launched a new version of its AI-based voice biometric security product IDVoice, which it says increases authentication…

 

Business travelers see benefits of AI but reluctant to share biometric data

A majority of business travelers believe that artificial intelligence can make travel safer, and three-quarters believe it can enable a…

 

Consumers far prefer multi-factor authentication to passwords

More than two-thirds of consumers would rather use multi-factor authentication (MFA) without a password than a traditional username and password,…

 

Heightened privacy concerns arrive in Africa

Every year ID4Africa conducts an extensive survey of professionals at African identity authorities about topics such as their priorities and…

 

Australian government suspends biometrics services contract with NEC

A Biometric Identification Services project for which NEC Australia has been working with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC, formerly…

 

Daon provides FIDO-compliant biometric authentication for Hong Kong bank’s mobile customers

Daon and Hong Kong-based ecommerce firm Tradelink have deployed a fingerprint and facial recognition authentication solution for mobile customers of…

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